Data Management
TSX Shelves Controversial Data Fees
The Toronto Stock Exchange has put on ice plans to charge data clients according to the number of servers running analytical programs that consume TSX data, after a frosty response to the proposed fees from end-user firms.
Month in Numbers
'In an ideal world you want everything on a single platform; you want your order generation, your order management, your compliance checking, and probably your settlement functions supported by the same platform'
Swapswire off the Markit as acquisition is signed
Markit, the London-based provider of data, valuations and trade processing technology for OTC derivatives, is to expand its post-trade expertise by acquiring SwapsWire, the provider of OTC derivatives confirmations. The amount paid for the acquisition…
The drive to kill operational latency
Last month Omgeo hosted a roundtable in London where the role of the back office in increasing efficiencies across multiple markets and asset classes came under the spotlight. Participants agreed that even though back-office staff remain the unsung…
Nasdaq Readies Options Depth Feed
Nasdaq plans to create a proprietary options market depth datafeed to carry the full depth of data from its forthcoming options market, and to provide increased transparency into the options market-though the exchange has not yet set a launch date for…
Code Red Preps Jan. Launches
Research management software vendor Code Red is targeting Jan. 1 to roll out both its IdeaNet online broker-client communication platform and version 3.2 of its Red Alerts research management system, which includes built-in integration between standalone…
Hardware Data Solutions "Accelerate"
Since Exegy unveiled its first hardware-based ticker plant "appliance" at 2006's SIFMA show, the concept of hardware acceleration has become more common throughout the data industry. But while its benefits seem compelling, some barriers to adoption still…
Reference Data Raises its Profile
The market data world's alter-ego, reference data, gained traction in 2007, with new regulation and an increased focus on risk management fueling investment in projects for cleaning and centralizing data.
LSE Targets April for Performance Channels
The London Stock Exchange aims to go live with a full production version of its low-latency Performance Channels datafeed in April 2008, following a period of testing with user firms that begins in January.
Bear Expands Derivatives Pricing
Bear Stearns is expanding the range of derivatives products for which its PricingDirect division provides valuations, and is also expanding the currencies in which the firm provides valuations, officials tell Inside Market Data .
TheMarkets Upgrades MeritMark
Research portal TheMarkets.com has enhanced its MeritMark research evaluation tool, to support more granular feedback from buy-side firms about the quality of sell-side research staff and services.
Paladyne Integrates Markit
Hedge fund software vendor Paladyne Systems has integrated data from credit and derivatives data vendor Markit into its software for pricing, analytics and order management applications.
No Rest for the Wicked
Given how much end users and data vendors complain about the burgeoning Opra feed of US options data, you might think they would have been grateful for a little respite. Not so, apparently, because when a double-punch hardware and software failure…
Revere Maps China Company Data
San Francisco-based research provider Revere Data is in the final stages of extending its company and business classification scheme to include data on companies in China, officials tell Inside Market Data .
BvDEP Mints New Products, Partners
Belgian data provider Bureau van Dijk Electronic Publishing (BvDEP) last week launched a range of new regional variations of its MINT company information database, and announced a partnership with UK-based Perfect Information to make original source…
LSE, Borsa Italiana Detail New Structure
The London Stock Exchange and Borsa Italiana outlined the combined management structure for its information services division and other business areas via an internal communication last week, following the merger of the two exchanges in October.
AgriCharts Targets Commodities Data
Chicago-based derivatives data and charting provider Barchart.com has set up a new business division to provide data products and Web site hosting for agricultural commodities and futures products, officials tell Inside Market Data .
Roberts Group to Bolster Reporting Engine
The Roberts Group is planning to introduce new functions for tracking and analyzing data usage next year, using technologies incorporated into its FITS (Financial Information Tracking System) data cost and inventory management system earlier this year.
George Weiss Installs Aleri CEP Engine
Hartford, Conn.-based multi-strategy investment manager George Weiss Associates is deploying complex event processing technology to perform calculations on real-time market data in the face of rising data volumes, officials tell Inside Market Data .
FTSE, Dow Prep ICB Adds
The Industry Classification Benchmark, the company and security classification system developed by FTSE and Dow Jones Indexes, is making changes to the sector levels by which it defines companies, to reflect demand for greater granularity on companies in…